Senior IAM SQA Engineer - Remote Lead Testing and Strategy

GovCIO; Helena (MT); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EAP

Corporate Discounts

Learning & Development platform

Training, Education and Certification

Referral Bonus Program

Internal Mobility Program

Pet Insurance

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

GovCIO is hiring an IAM Sr. SQA Engineer to lead test strategy and validation for the enterprise ICAM program supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs.

You will design test architectures, validate SSO, Entra ID, MPI, and IAM workflows, and mentor junior SQA staff in an Agile environment. This fully remote role requires 12+ years in QA, deep federation testing expertise, and a track record delivering high-availability identity solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years in software quality assurance/testing with senior-level responsibilities.
• Hands-on experience testing MPI identity resolution and person-matching capabilities.
• Experience testing Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD, including conditional access and identity governance workflows.
• Strong protocol-level experience testing SSO, SAML, OAuth 2.0/OIDC, and MFA flows.
• Experience designing and leading test strategy across the SDLC for complex, multi-system environments.
• Experience mentoring QA engineers and using Jira in Agile/SAFe environments.

Responsibilities

• Defines and leads test strategy, architecture, and planning for ICAM products.
• Designs and executes test plans, scripts, and scenarios across functional, regression, security, and deployment testing.
• Performs protocol-level validation of federated authentication and SSO flows (SAML, OAuth/OIDC, MFA).
• Validates Entra ID configurations and identity governance workflows.
• Develops MPI identity resolution test strategies and data reconciliation validation.
• Coordinates with developers and product owners in Agile/SAFe environments to validate user stories.
• Leads integration testing for ~70 new application integrations annually in CI/CD pipelines.
• Performs reliability, performance, and load testing for ICAM products.

Skills

SQA Leadership

Test strategy

CI/CD testing

Agile/SAFe

Federated auth

MPI identity resolution

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS or related field

Tools

Jira

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

GovCIO is hiring an IAM Sr. SQA Engineer to lead test strategy and validation for the enterprise ICAM program supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs.

You will design test architectures, validate SSO, Entra ID, MPI, and IAM workflows, and mentor junior SQA staff in an Agile environment. This fully remote role requires 12+ years in QA, deep federation testing expertise, and a track record delivering high-availability identity solutions.